[Scan-DC] ICC Frequencies

[Doug Kitchener]

I hadn't been using that new loop of 370 for awhile but decided to take it yesterday; had no idea that that police facility was even there!  But I think I did see a couple of cruisers there... wasn't close enough to see antennas at that point but believe me, will be on the lookout!  I had been wondering who would police it and didn't recognize the colors and graphics on the cruisers I saw, but Google was my friend this morning, which was when I found that it would be the Transportation Authority Police... will scope things out as much as I can over the holidays and report back!

DK

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> From: ecarlson at gmail.com
> Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:09:57 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] ICC Frequencies
> To: oldsdoug at hotmail.com
> CC: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
>
> Last I checked there were no licenses or pending applications for MdTA
> ICC. Assuming they're going to be legal about it and given the
> equipment already appears to be installed at the police station, I'm
> leaning towards them jumping on the Montgomery trunk. Someone needs
> to snap a photo of that antenna at the police station and have an
> antenna expert weigh in. Are there any cruisers sitting around yet?
>
> -Eric
>
> On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Doug Kitchener  wrote:
>
> > The first (western) leg of the new Inter-County Connector toll road is scheduled to open sometime in early 2011... apparently the Maryland Transportation Authority Police will have jurisdiction... does anyone have any inside information about what sort of radio system they might use?  Looks as if they have UHF radios in the 450 MHz range at their other facilities... there is a post from Eric Carlson in the RadioReference forums wondering the same thing and also wondering if they might piggyback onto the Montgomery County trunked system... I would think that if something new is going in, that somebody would have stumbled on some test transmissions...